Key performance measures

Our hospitals’ performance on a wide range of measures is outlined in our annual Quality Report and monitored monthly in submissions to the Trust Board.

Our Quality Report is now included in the Trust’s Annual Report and Accounts, but here is a summary of our recent performance on some of the measures that are particularly important to the large majority of our patients.

Infection control

Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust participates in a number of mandatory and voluntary surveillance programmes to track and reduce the number of cases of hospital-acquired infection we see each year.

Mortality rates

Hospital death rates are an important indicator of quality of care (although they can also be influenced by many other factors, such as the complexity of the cases being treated) and tracking them over time allows clinicians to identify improvements that can be made to the treatment we provide.

At Western Sussex Hospitals, our performance on three separate measures is reported to the Trust Board each month. These are: